Arkansas football has graduation rate of 55 percent
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Updated: April 17, 2007
Meanwhile, the men`s basketball team had a success rate of 47 percent -- lower than the overall average of 59 percent.
That`s according to a report released Wednesday by the NCAA that tracked graduation rates of sports programs at its colleges and universities.
Women`s basketball boasted the highest graduation rate among all sports at Arkansas -- 100 percent. Women`s swimming followed at 92 percent and men`s tennis at 91 percent.
Nationally, graduation rates for Division I sports programs in 2005 rose to 77 percent, up from the previous year`s average of 76 percent, says the report.
Overall, men`s basketball had the lowest graduation rate of any sport, followed by football and baseball. Baseball`s rate was the same as football.
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